Eskimo Empire Podcast

Covering the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos football team. We will talk about everything surrounding the team: the good, the bad and the ugly. New fan will join in the conversation each week! Weekly during the football season.

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Andrew and Superfan Mike are positively giddy with excitement as it's like ChristMaas with Training Camp open at Commonwealth Stadium, as they welcome back featured fan Paul Rechner (@prrechner) visiting Edmonton from Vancouver Island and sharing his wisdom in the Turf District. Much to discuss with new players joining the team, players shifting positions and pre-season games are just around the corner! All this plus the winner of the Esks: By The Numbers contest, Paul picks the inaugural "Jimmy Gaines! Award" winner as the most impressive new player after the first few days of camp, a new Esks' History segment, and much, much more!

Andrew and Superfan Mike are both pumped for the start of Training Camp this coming Sunday and for the upcoming Westivus kickoff party on Friday at 1stRnd downtown. To help pump up the crowd, they've brought the Commonwealth in-stadium announcer and voice of the Eskimos: Al Stafford! Al shares his stories of his 20 years on the job, and looks back at his time giving the plays as they happen for the crowds. A fantastic story, and great to meet the man behind the voice! All this, Esks news and CFL news wraps it all up and that's another football into the end zone for HIGH.... SCHOOL... FOOTBALL!

Training Camp is 11 days away and Andrew and Superfan Mike are as giddy as children at Christmas. They recap some of the new additions to the Eskimos roster as well as recap the Eskimo Alumni Wine Tasting and welcome in not one, but two very awesome women in the CFL world: Esks fan Kayla (@DuchessLombardi) who talks about the recent Esks Women's dinner and her journey in Esks fandom, and CFL Vice President of Marketing and Content, Christina Litz (@litz72) who tells us about the new #BringItIn campaign and many fantastic things that the CFL is working on!

All this plus the final round of the Esks: By The Numbers, a new Esks History segment, as we Bring It In and get ready to ramp up to 2017 Training Camps!

After an exciting CFL draft, Andrew and Superfan Mike had some great conversations with two of the Eskimos 2017 selections: Receiver Nate Behar (1st round, 5th overall) and Defensive End Kwaku Boateng (5th round, 41st overall). Two bright and exciting players who we will hopefully see much more of over their careers in football, and what IS Mr. Boateng's nickname, anyway? All this plus we look at the latest CFL and Eskimos commercials that just came out and give a full rundown of who was drafted when for the Green & Gold in 2017.

The season is nearly upon us as Andrew and Superfan Mike get ready for the CFL Draft this weekend and discuss all the goings-on for the Eskimos and in the CFL. former receiver Andrew Nowacki calls in to talk to the boys about his time in Green & Gold from 2004 through 2011 and what he's up to now! All this plus another Esks History segment and the second last Esks: By The Numbers. Andrew Nowacki is up for #88. How did he do? Tune in and see!